Richwood West Virginia Moonshine Feud Turns Deadly
Bud Spencer, a Richwood farmer, is shot by state police after resisting with a revolver. He had allegedly killed neighbor John Cleavenger during a feud tied to moonshine operations. Cleavenger and Spencer were distant relatives. an inquest is likely.
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Richwood
W. Va
Bud Spencer
John Cleavenger
Holcomb
Here
Spencer
Cleavenger
Co. G. Dick
D. K. Hart
Remus Hill
Hart
Hurt
Cleavinger
Spe
PART OF SHIP'S CREW MISSING AFTER DREDGE SINKS
Eighteen crew members of the government dredge Navesink are missing after a collision with the anchored freighter Swinburne near quarantine. Army officials later confirmed a total crew of 60 with 28 aboard at a Staten Island hospital and one at Hoffman's Island. Captain Charles Peterson was among those lost when the dredge sank within minutes after the crash.
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New York
Army
Marine
Staten Island
Hoffman's Island
Charles Peterson
John Sims
Navesink
Swinburne
Hatfield addresses Boone group in Madison West Virginia
Dr. Henry D. Hatfield, Republican senatorial hopeful, told a Boone County audience that war debt cancellation should not occur and that the World War loans totaling eleven billion dollars are an honest debt to be repaid. He defended the Republican party in the oll lease cases and said Calvin Coolidge will cleanse the party before leaving office.
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Madison
W. Va
Boone County
Henry D. Hatfield
Senate
America
Hatfield
Calvin Coolidge
Pioneer X Ray Dallist Kills Self in New Orleans Office
Dr. C Edmund Kellie a renowned dentist and early x ray pioneer shot himself in his New Orleans office. Despondent from ill health after twenty seven surgeries and arm amputations, he feared further loss and blindness from x ray experiments.
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New Orleans
C. Edmund Kelle
Kells
Sinclair appeals three month jail term in Teapot Dome case
Washington May 7 The second stage of Harry F Sinclair’s fight against a three month jail sentence for refusing to answer Senate Teapot Dome questions began in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Sinclair’s counsel argued the questions were not proper committee matters and not under oath. Prosecution contends the questions were pertinent and that Sinclair was under subpoena. The hearing continued with further arguments from both sides.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Sinclair
Leo P. Rover
Hoover
Pees
Josiah A. van Ovedel
Rover
Senate Inqu
Teapot Dome
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Charles B. Hatfie
Congress
Idel
Supreme Court
Martin W. Littleton
End Arguments in Fry Williams Mail Fraud Trial
In Charleston West Virginia on May 7 government and defense completed their arguments in the federal mail fraud case against A D Williams of Marlinton and E D Fry of New York Judge George W McClintic deferred jury instructions until tomorrow Damron the Southern West Virginia district attorney argued the Caseys Oil and Development company lacked property or a permit in the Salt Creek field near Teapot Dome when stock was sold The defense contended drilling would have begun absent interference by the securities department Williams and Fry testified they could succeed if permitted to start before their permit expired July 1 they were convicted in Pocahontas county for violating the blue sky law and sentenced to five years each in the state penitentiary appeals are pending in the state supreme court
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Charleston
W. Va
A. D. Williams
Marlinton
E. D. Fry
New York
George W. McClintic
James Damron
West Virginia
Caseys Oil and Development Company
Salt Creek Field
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
J. Raymond Gordon
Securities Department of West Virginia
Williams
Fry
Pocahontas County
State Supreme Court
Beckley Man Held Without Bail In Slaying Case
Denny Fox, 27, of Beckley West Virginia, was held without bail after a county grand jury indictment related to the death of Dewey Snuffer, 22, near Eccles. Fox denied involvement and testified at a hearing before Justice W H Ford, stating he did not fire the fatal shot. Snuffer was killed after a quarrel Friday night, with Fox the sole defendant in the hearing.
Primary Campaign Ends in Indiana Races
Indiana's 1925 primary closed with battles over the Ku Klux Klan and Anti Saloon League as Republican Arthur R. Robinson seeks renomination against Arthur L. Gilliam while Walter Myers and Jon J. Carter spar in the Democratic field. Evans Woollen ran unopposed in the Democratic presidential preference.
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Ku Klux Klan
Gilliam
Senator Robinson
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Congress
James E. Watson
Herbert Hoover
Evans Woollen
Watson
Fort Wayne
Hoover
Rushville
Washington
M. Bert Thurman
Oscar G. Foellinger
Arthur R. Robinson
Arthur L. Gilliam
Jon J. Carter
Robinson
Carter
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Walter Myers
Ian Gilliam
Albert Stump
Stump
L. William Curry
U M W Inside Rifts Stemming From Daugherty Call
Oral Daugherty former president of sub district No 1 in Shawnee declares the United Mine Workers rotten from within at a mass meeting He plans to seek a district convention to consider his removal He says he was ousted for speaking publicly what officials say privately and urges free discussion to improve the union and miners’ terms
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Shawnee
United Mine Workers of America
Oral Daugherty
Daugherty
Lewis
Washington
R “ Daugherty
Farm mine tragedy claims young machinist at Springton
Frank Jennings twenty, a machinist helper at Kingstos tas Coal mine Springton Mercer county, was killed about noon yesterday when he was caught fed into the dipple machine. He had worked there since age eighteen. The Rev and Mrs J F Jennings live on the mountain above Springton. Funeral will be held at Springton today and burial follows at Clark's Gap.
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Frank Jennings
Kingstostas Coal Company
Springton
Mercer County
Jennings
J. F. Jennings
Clark's Gap
Street Demonstrations Mark Student Walkout at Union High
Street demonstrations led to the arrest of a student and continued a strike at Union High School in Benwood W Va on May 7 about 200 scholars refused study in protest of faculty changes. Superintendent J S Welch of Marshall County said most students will return Tuesday morning stating the strike lacks justification.
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Benwood
W. Va
Union High School
J. S. Welch
Marshell County
Bluefield to Open New Shirt Factory Next Week
Bluefield will start operations at a new shirt factory in the Stovall building on Chestnut and Rogers streets, with $40,000 in machinery unloaded and installation crews from New York arriving. David Tenenbaum, owner, will oversee the opening Monday and expects about 1,000 jobs after expansion.
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Bluefield
Stovall
Chestnut
Rogers Streets
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Honaker
A. F E. Kaplan
Conrad Brevick
David Tenenbaum
Dr Gory Hogg Opens Campaign Headquarters
Dr Gary Hogg Democratic gubernatorial candidate opened campaign headquarters in Charleston W Va after returning from the Shrine convention in Miami. He left Charleston today en route to the northern part of the state to campaign for the nomination.
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Charleston
W. Va
Gary Hogg
Hogg
Miami
Heflin Demands Probe of Flags in Senate Row
Senator Heflin accused Navy officers of flying a flag above the Stars and Stripes and sought a Senate record inquiry. He cited pictures of a flag atop the Florida and Cincinnati and urged a ban on any flag above Old Glory. The Navy reported the flag was a chaplain pennant without sectarian meaning.
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Washington
Heflin
Alabams
Senate
Florida
Cincinnati
Hale
Navy Committee
Navy Department
Even W. Scott
Naval Chaplains
Prevertheless Mae
al Smith
Campaign gifts details blur lines in presidential inquiry
Senators and representatives from both parties test as witnesses on campaign contributions. Curtis, Norris, Goff and others tell lawmakers their expenditures and sources while pledging impartial inquiry. The probe, expanding to Baltimore and later New York, seeks transparency in early campaign funding.
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Washington
Mey
Senate
Campaign Funds Committee
Baltimore
Ritchie
Maryland
New York City
Smith
Curtis
Kansas
Borah
Idaho
Norrie
Nebraska
Goff
West Virginia
Walsh
Montana
George
Georgia
Hull
Tennessee
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Frank C. Lowden
Watson
Indiana
Commerce
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
William A. A
Hitchcock
Kansan
Steiner
Oregon
Supreme Chaplain McGivney Dies in Paris
Monsignor Patrick J. McGivney of Bridgeport Connecticut, supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus in the United States, died this morning in Paris.
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Paris
Patrick J. McGivney
Bridgeport
Unmasked Men Rob Bank in Spring Valley Heist
Four unmasked men robbed the First National Bank of fifteen thousand dollars in Spring Valley Minnesota late today. Six employees and two patrons were killed during the robbery and the robbers fled in an automobile.
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Spring Valley
Minn
First National Bank
Carol 15 Ready to Return Home and Take the One
Carol 15 plans a possible return home and a trip to America if his plans fail. He comments on his future position regarding Madame Lupescu as a personal affair he cannot forecast, confirming a manifesto.
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Carol
Theone
America
Madame Lupescu
Former Crown Prince Carol of Romania Ready to Return
Godstone Surrey May 7 AP Former Crown Prince Carol of Romania says he will take on political duties and return to claim the throne at the first call of his people. He released a manifesto outlining future policies and notes his son King Michael’s education and succession.
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Godstone
Surrey
England
Carol of
Romania
Alba Iulia
Bucharest
Ferdinand
Associated Press
America
Carol
Helen
Michael
Bratinau
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to Writers Across Disciplines
The 1927 Pulitzer prizes announced by Columbia University honor writers and publishers. Nelson Harding of the Brooklyn Eagle wins for best cartoon "May his shadow never grow fera" while Thornton Wilder and Eugene ONeill receive top plays and drama prizes. Awards total about 15,900 dollars across categories.
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New York
Pulitzer
Columbia University Today
Indianapolis Times
Indiana
Grover Cleveland
Montgomery
Ala
Advertiser
Nelson Harding
Brooklyn Eagle
San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
Eugene O'Neil
United States
Thomas Theodore
Charles Edward Russell
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Tristram
England to Ask Prince Carol to Leave U K
The London Mall reports the British government will ask Prince Carol of Romania to depart England after a visit in Surrey. He acknowledged responsibility for a manifesto in London stating he would take the Romanian throne if summoned to replace King Michael.
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London
Carol of Romania
England
Surrey
Carol
Romania
Michael
Plan to Open Mines Roils Ohio Coal District
Athens Ohio May 7 activity in the Ohio mines strike shifted to the Hocking valley as business men plan to reopen several mines and union officials called for a mass meeting to state the union position. About 80 percent of miners expected to return to work and National Guard troops remained at Nelsonville for relief work a week or longer.
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Athens
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Hocking
Perry County
Frank D. Henderson
Columbus
Henderson
National Guard
Nelsonville
Oral Daugherty
Basia
Phillip Murray
International
Lee Hall
David Watkins
George W. Savage
Daugherty
Hall
Brophy resigns from save the union group
Pittsburgh May 7 John Brophy national chairman of the save the union committee resigned all official connections with the group three weeks ago due to failing health. John Watt of Springfield Illinois vice chairman is acting as chairman Brophy said his interest in the labor movement remains strong and his commitment to the save the union program endures.
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Pittsburgh
John Brophy
Save the Union
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
John Watt
Springfield
Brophy
Crusaders Call for Government Change Amid Courtroom Crackdown
A faction of Crusaders urges systemic change as severe censorship tightens control. A leadership rift grows after a proposal for a massive 200000-strong march on the capital meets opposition from other members.
Peasants March to Bucharest Amid Tense Rumors in Romania
About 5,000 peasants who gathered after Alba Iulia marched toward Bucharest under army air support and cavalry escort. Leaders Maniu and Mihilachi clashed over a nationwide march, while Transylvania stays on edge as the border closes and censorship tightens amid alleged princes in exile.
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Sibiu
Romania
Vienna
Alba Iulia
Bucharest
Maniu
Mihilachi
Mibilach
Mania
Transylvania
Carol
England
Rumania
Bailey declines run for eighth circuit judge post
Judge R D Bailey says he will not seek re election as judge of the eighth judicial state circuit covering Mingo and Wyoming counties. He aims for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and notes his term ends December 31 1928. He plans to visit Wood Harrison Taylor Rand Ohio Marion counties this week and the northern counties next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
R. D. Bailey
Eighth Judicial
Mingo
Wyoming
Aeganatie
Bailey
Wood
Harrison
Taylor
Rando
Marion
Northern
Goal Companies File Big Suit Against Railroads
Six coal companies operating mines in West Virginia filed a US district court suit in Cincinnati seeking 579386.71 in refunds from Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Greenbriar and Eastern Railroad and Sewell Valley Railroad for ICC ordered rate corrections dating from 1922 to 1925. Plaintiffs include Leslie and Meadow Creek Coal, with specific per ton refund amounts and interest claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
West Virginia
United States
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Sewell Valley Railroad Company
Greenbriar and Eastern Railroad Company
Greenbriar and Eastern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Leslie
W. Va
Coal Oo Marfrance
Reenbriar Coal Company
Bellbarn
Meadow Creek Coal
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Gore
Frywilliams
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UANA
Woollen
Gory Hogg
Norris
Reed
Wisconsin
President Coolidge
Missouri
Dorothy Russell
The
Prince Carol
Steubenville
Bencon Hough
Tony Resko
Harrison County
Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company
Andy Blahovee
Tony Cigaro
Joe Horsk
Mary Palocki
Mary Fopizak
Dillonvale
William Caswell
Stanley Borkocki
Wolf Run
Warner Colleries Company
Rudolf Olenar
Mary Rueen
Andy Tinders
Glen Robins
Steve Andrieh
Mike Zupko
Florence
Patrick Dugan
Robert Featheringham
Wolf Ran
Mary Mennick
Adolf Pacifico
John Owens
Paul Rosen
Andy Smetana
Fred Dixenbaugh
Bradley Mine
Crusaders
George Halajians
GOAL
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